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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-01-20
The Process OF Digestion.

Let us trace the history of mouth
full of bread and butter, writes DIR.
Fothergill in his Manual of Dietetics.
While it is being masticated. the saliva
is brought into contact with many of
the starch granules (already. cracked
by the heat of the oven and, not only
that, but a step forward has been made
in its solution) and the conversion of in
soluble starch into soluble sugar is
begun. Then il is swallowed, when a
new action is set up. The soluble
grape sugar of the converted starch
passes through the wall of the stomach
into the gastric vesicles of the portal
vein; leaving the undissolved residum
behind.
The acid gastric juice next acts upon
the gluten, the albuminous stroma, or
framework of the mass, and by dissolv-
ing it, liberates the rest of the starch
granules which had escaped the contact
of the saliva. When the softened mass
passes the pyloric ring and comes into
contact with the bile and the secretion
of the pancrcas, the most active part of
the digestive act sets in. The liberated
starch granules come into contact with
the diastase of the pancreatic secretion
and are by it converted into soluble
grape sugar; the digestion of the albu-
minous substance is further carried on
by the trypsin; the fat is emulsionized-
its own digestion. The sugar, the dis
solved albuminoids, the earthly salts.
pass into the portal vein, to be dealt
with by the liver, while tbs fat globules
pass by the mouths of the lacteals into
the lvmphatics. Such is tae digestion
of a typical mass of food.
The carbohydrates are the body fuel,
the surplusage being stored as fat; the
albuminoids serve to repair the tissues
blood salts; the fat helps to build up
normal health tissues, the excess being
burnt as body fuel The food is
changed into pultaceous mass, such
pieces as most resist the gastric juice
being the last TO leave the stomach. The
digestive acton of the stomach is ex-
ercised exclusively upon albumoids;
carbohydrates and fats being untouch-
ed. The solvent action of the gastric
juice assisted in breaking up muscular
tibrill9 and vegetable matter, is greatly
aided by the movements of the stomach,
which roll its contents about A sud-
den shock will at once arrest the mus
cular movements and this gastric secre-
ton, producing feeling as if the
stomach and its contents had been
changed into heavy hard substance.
Quietude is conductive to good diges-
ton and an active man should sit or
lie down after good meal, just as his
dog does.
As digestion proceeds, the pyloric
ring relaxes and the chyme finds its
way into the duodenum. The acidity
of the stomach seems to exhaust itself
in the digestive act, and the chyme
is readily rendered alkihne by the bile.
In this alkiiine condition albuminoids
are readily acted upon by the trypsin of
the pancreatic secretion, which COM
pletes their solution
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-01-20
CITY Of chihuahua.

A ride of 255 miles over a country
possessing nothing of special interest
brings us to the city of chihuahua,
Capital of the State of the same name, a
city of 1900 inhabitants. The houses
are mostly built OF adobe, generally in
one story, and the long. straight streets,
flauked on either side by these low
whitish-colored houses, soon become
monotonous to the eve. The Grand
Plaza, in the centre Of which q hand
some fountain is situated, is the loung-
ing-place of the citizens of all grades,
and their characteristic Incidence is
strongly impressed upon the stranger rs
he sees them summing themselves by day
and contemplating o. gossiping at night
with the eyer~present cigarette. The
crowds as they saunter about in their
native costumes present q scene pleas
ingly picturesque, the sombrero. the
sefape, and tAe reboso in varied colors
rendering it r pretty sight Here we
see an aquadore with large jug of
water on his back. suspended by
leather band about his forehead; in
front of him hangs his small jug, sus-
tanned by band passing around the
back of his head. Again, those of the
wealthy class with their elegantly
sombreros, heavily braid
cd short jackets, tight-fitting trousers.
studded down the sides with buttons of
silver. Mingling with the crowd are
also the poorer classes, with their
gaudy serapes loosely thrown over their
shoulders, and wearing huaraches
0eather sandals, fastened with straps
over the instcp and across the bail Of
the foo), close inspection often re-
vealing the fact that the blanket is the
sole covering to the upper part of the
body. The pretty sonora, poorly clad,
without even sandal, is lounging at
the fountain, her shabbiness concealed
by the usual black shawl gracefully
thrown over her head and shoulders,
well down the body. showing
bTonzed feet and ankles. well modelled
and graceful, though neither small nor
soft in appearance; the ever feminine
is not wanting even here,
for. conscious of her beauty, she lifts
her Watering from her shoulder, and
resting it on the edge of the fountain,
glances about with her brilliant black
eyes; her soft olive complexion, beauti-
fully chiseled features, and regular
white teeth render her fascinating
picture. City Mezico Letter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-01-20
whitney's Tact.

Secretary Whitney has knack for
getting along we'll with the newspaper
people, In Washington he is 4 favorite
with the correspondents because he al
ways has something for them, whether
it is the information they are seeking or
not In recent chat he told how he got
his first cue rs 10 the best manner of treat
ing newspaper mon. Said he; when
went into the Corporation Counsel's
office, was quite green rs to the meth
DDS of reporters. They all came in to
see mc, of course, on the day | was
installed in Office. | talked with them
and did my best to give them such in
formation rs they wanted. That after
noon one of them came back to see me
and | shall never forget the service he
rendered me in the talk | had with him.
He was an old and experienced reporter
and he said to me: Mr.. Whitney, |
have conceived liking for you from the
manner in which you received us this
morning. As an old reporter have
come back to tell you that You can nj.
WAYS get along with us by treating us
like human beings. We are mostly
poor men who are reporters, and are
space men. If we get an item wc get
paid for it. If we get no items, we get
no pay. We live on items, 1t is posi-
BILE for man iii your position. always
10 have something for the press, and al
though we may come TO you for one
thing which you may not be willing to
give us, yet if you give us something
else that will make space it will be just
rs well and you will find that every
man of us will treat you right told
him that | was much obliged foy his
counsel, for it appeared 10 me phiioso-
phical and correct BY following his
advice l. have always got along well
with the newspaper mon. N Y lri.
b3i1c
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-01-20
CONCERNING METEoIss.
The Sum OF Human knowledge of These
Mysterious Hodies.

/. The luminous meteor tracks are In
the upper part of the earth's atmos-
pherc. Few, if any, appear at height
greater than 100 miles, and few are
seen below height of thirty miles from
the earth's surface, except in rare cases
where stones and irons fall to the
ground. All these meteor tracks are
caused by bodies which come into the
air from without
2. The velocities OF the meteors in the
air are comparable with that of the
earth in its orbit about the sun. 1t is
not easy to determine the exact values
of those velocities, yet they may be
roughly stated as from 90 to $50 times
the velocity of sound in the air or of a
cannon-ball.
these velocities that the meteors move
about the sun and not about the earth
as the controlling body.
A. There are four comets related to
four periodic star-showers that come on
the dates April 20. Aug. 10, Nov. IA,
and Nov. ~. The meteoroids which
have given us any one of these STAR
showers constitute n group each in
diyidual of which moves in path
which is like that of the corresponding
comet. The bodies are, however. now
too far from one another to influence
appreciably each others motions.
3. The ordinary shooting stars in their
appearance and phenomena do not diff
fer essentially from the individuals in
star-showers.
6. The meteorites of different falls,
differ from one another in their chemi-
cal composition, in their mineral forms,
and in their tenacity. Yet through all
these differences they have peculiar
common properties which distinguish
them entirely from all terrestrial rocks.
z. The most delicate researches have
failed to detect any trace of organic life
in meteorites.
These propositions have practically
universal acceptance among scientific
men. Mature.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-01-20

The Honduras Consul at.New York
says that in his country it does not make
4 man General merely 10 have been in
command of some forces. To be made
general he must have. commanded in
battles where he was under fire Fight
ing in Central America is dangerous as
elsewhere. but the list of casualties is
not long because the number of COM
batants is not great. A light where
twenty men are killed is called battle.
The loss Of twenty fighting men means
a great deal to n Central American
army, which is not so large as half of a
United States regiment. fight is
pleasure 10 Central American. He
goes into 1t with Joy and he comes out
with exuItation. They are not a pug
nacious people. nor are fist fights fire.
queni. To join an expedition is their
dissipation. They grid on their clothes,
shoulder their muskets. roll their cigar
cites, and run along with an expedition
as II il was show
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-01-20

Look up! the world So wide. On land ana son.
ON ship or shore, there IA no rust, no rest:
heart thrphS outward from cacn human
breast.
Aud moves IL onward to IT. destiny.
what IL as hidden @giom must end in dcathr
Why. meet it bravcly, with the honest
thought
of no good q cd undonc, no ruin wrought,
To Kill the hope that southcs dying breath.
He who would soar from darkness into light.
And, like lcaris mount on waNen wings.
VIII never reach and touch the golden
springs
That open the gates which close upon the
night.
Who rises, lifting others up with i'm.
Is strong indeed Within his call or rench
Arc hands that aid him-hearis that helm
him teach
Wat he has lenrned himself and taught 10
them.
We build our thoughts like mountains TO the
clouds.
The mystery Of our being still unsolved
save that we know our lives are mr. evolved
For the sole end OF filling empty shrouds
William Ward in New Orleans Tmes.Dems
cRt
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-01-20

The LiUe- Stock journal thinks the
West has run to corn and fat pork until
we have disguised the palates of two
continents. What is the matter with
clover and corn-fed pork? Is it not
better than shll-fed, slop-fed, or mast
fed pork?
Fresh slaked lime of the consistency
of paint. for wounds of stock received
from barbed-wire fence or other causes,
and even for running sores, is recon-
mended. Cover the wounds as soon as
possible, and repeat daily as often as
the case may require.
A fine saw is a good implement for
cutting off the larger limbs and n sharp
make a clean cut, without hacking or
bruising the wood which is. to remain,
so the wound will heal up neatly and
Sot have shattered stock to bleed and
rot. 90
For the crop year just closed the
Omitted States exported 94557.0 900
bushels of wheat, against 132.570,0O0
bushels for the year previous. OF last
years export Great Britain took Co.,
100000 bushels, France 100000
bushels, and Germany only 365, 900
bushels.
A large udder is not always an indi-
cation that a COW gives large quantity
OF milk The udder may be composed
of thick skin, ana consequently decep-
tive If it be soft and velvety, with
prominent veins. the milk velNs" ex-
tending well forward, the teats well
apart, and uniform in size and we'll
shaped, then we may look for deep
mixer.
The Stock Growers' Journal Mon
tana) says: ut takes no seer to foretell
that some Moses must strike the rock
and bring forth water in Our hills or the
natural increase of the cattle now here
vii, so badly overstock the ranges as to
necessitate the spaying of heifers and
greatly endanger the stock that must
winter on the range" How would it
do to substitute the artesian well-borer
for Moses?
Every machine which dispenses with
the labor of half dozen farm hands,
and sends them into some other field of
labor, is instrumental in widening the
market in which the crops of the farm
must be sold; and no community of
farmers is so well situated for making
money as those who are located where
other industries employ larger num-
Der OF people than are engaged IN farm.
ing operations.
a report on trials of steam machinery
in India for thrashing and cleaning
wheat has been issued by the Indian
government, and the results are said to
prove that there is no difficulty in free
ing the grain from the abominable adj
mixture of dirt and weeds. which
creates wholesome prejudice against
it among European millers. The diff
Guilty viii be to induce the ryots 10 use
thrashing and dressing machines. and
to give up treading out their corn with
-catJle on floors made Of co-sdrrg
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-01-20
At Midnight.

If, in this dreary night, voice should sound
And in the darkness light should fall around
My pillow from the face Of one who came
Out of the shining world to call my name
And biz me leave the couch whereon alone
i lie and muse when half the night has flown,
10 follow his bright feet along the way,
Up the gray lights into the golden day,
What earthly face would most wish 10 see,
What lips to kiss in parting ecstasy,
What hand to touch with lingering caress,
What voice 10 hear Us grew motiouless?
Beneath the stars one only heart would know
What face alone could parting peace bestow,
What lips could weaken loves deep vibrant
thrill,
What hand could soothe and bid the heart be
STILL
What voice could cheer my spirit for the
flight
From the low carth-Iauds thro' the silent
night.
And would that one heart seek TO find its
mate.
And undivided. tho it be so late,
Re-ecbo all the music OF my own
In perfect concord Of responsive tone?
/ fancy that a rustling stirs this air
And some sweet presence IL approaching
there;
hear the echoing music, soft and low,
And heaven has come TO mel need not 20, !.
David J. Hill.
In one blast john Coyle of Gales
vile, Cal. threw out gold worth $780,.
Sameof Tue ribbon rtrk being alJpost
eSll metal
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-01-20

The following from Topics OF the
Time in the December Century, is apro.
pos of the authorized Life & Lincoln:
at is, of course, especially TO the Amer
lean reader tIe,t the Life Of Lincoln has
an interest. Both its letter-prcss and
illustrations will be studied by him with
something more than ordiparyacuriosity.
Among other things, he will find that
Abraham Lincoln, as President Of the
United'Sta,es, was no accident of poll
tics; that it was almost rs a matter of
course that he came to be the standard
bearer OF the party OF libertv in America.
In this sense there was no accident and
no miracle about Lincoln, as many have
supposed but there was indeed mira
Gle, and Inc which growso greater, the
more il il looked INTO: NAMELY, the old
miracle ~ individual geniusI@a Why did
the boy that tished little Abe out Of
Knob Creek remain the simple, worthy,
but, save fob this one act, unknown
parsonage that he still is. willie the boy
that was iishcd out became a 'man III
for the companionship of King solomon
and OF Shakspere? NOT a. President
merely, not a narigr merely, accidents
may create. either, rand eno6 merely
Liberator; but'a man Of such surprising
character and sagaclty as to dominate
by native right in one Of the most ter
rilic conflicts recorded IN human. an.
nails y
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-01-20
The First Shot at sumter.

Judge j. NJ. Crosson, a native of New.
berry County, who graduated at the
South Carolina College about 1870, and
afterward moved to Texas, in a recent
sketch of Colonel George S. James. who
fired the first gun in the late war, says:
when a boy at Erskine College,
South Carolina, he ran off and Joined
the Palmetto Regiment en- route to Mex
TO, and for his gallantry was appointed
sergeant major of the regiment After
bis return from the Mexican war he
graduated at the South Carolina Col
lage in the class with Professor Girard-
eau, now e. Houston. He, with Howard
Caldwell, a promising young poet (now
dead) went TO Arkansas. selling Ben
uon's Thirty Years in the Senate
Young James taught a school of Indians
ut Fort Scott. in lndi@n Territory. Then
he walked to Fairfield, where his friend
w. c. Wilson was practicing law.
Young James walked up to the Landlord
at the hotel, saying it was customary
for guests to deposit their baggage, and
handed him his gloves. He at once OBJ
tanned fine school and made many
friends. He was splendid scholar and
a magnificent man, both Intellectually
and physically. While there his uncle,
Judge O'Neil. Chief Justice of South
Carolina. obtained for him the appoint
ment of First Lieutenant in the Third
United States Artillery, then Colonel
Worth's regiment He was spendid
shot with rifle, and while others used
shotguns in driving he always brought
down the bucks with u rifle. While
stationed at Fort Randall, in Nebraska.
he resigned and returned to South Caro-
lima before she seeded. Upon secession
he was appointed captain of artillery,
and was stationed at Charleston. He
afterward led a gallant regiment from
his native county-Laurens. South Caro-
lima. His color bearer, liss cousin Will
lie Simpson, was killed because, though
surrounded and overpowered, he would
not surrender his flag. Colonel James
was killed at Boonesborough Gap at the
head of his regiment, which was annihi-
lated. He fell into the hands of his old
comrades of The Third United States
Artillery, who had him dccently buried,
and preserved the watch and other
things upon his body and sent them to
his brother in South Carolina, -
Charleston 6. a. .NeWy
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-01-20

An eastern ladyis credited with De.
ing the inventor OF mechanical con-
trivance that will, it is claimed. do
more to induce sleep than all that Opt
ates, choral hydrates, and even raw
onions have ever done Tho machine
looks like q very long ). and IS made
in hard rubber, with pad on one Of
its inner curves. At one end is soft
leather strap; at the other its curve
forms handle. In use the left hand
pulls down the strap after the instru-
ment is placed on the auckland the
right hand laid on the handle presses
down firmly. but not too firmly. the pad
which vests on the carotid artery, so as
to diminish the flow Of blood To the
brain. During sleep the brain is COM
paratiyely bloodless. A rush Of blood
TO the brain creates insomnia. 1t was
not reniOrse so much rs an excess of
blood in his head that kept the thano
of Cawdor awake. The ,'somnolizer"
keeps back the blood and sleep ensues
naturally;
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-01-20
The Immunity of Physicians.

1t is u prevalent popular impression
that some special providence surrounds
the physician with protective agencies.
and that although daily exposed to
diseased in its most malignant forms, he
escapes when Others are attacked Dr.
Ogle, of England, iindsa that while the
lawyers die at the rate Of 20, the clergy
at the yate of Is. the doctors mortality
is % per 1000 In million adults
ether than physicians l6odied of s. arlct
fever, II Of dipthoria, and 23S OF typhoid
fever; while OF an equal number of ply
sicianS. 50 succumbed 10 scarlet fever,
80 to diptheria, and 3ll to typhoid
fever. Small poX, on the other hand.
Claims more victims among the laity
thana inc the medical pToiesslon; due,
doubtless. 10 the fact, that physicians
have sufficient confidence il The protec-
tive influence OF vaccination TO keep
themselves insuscepublc 10 the attacks
Of smallpox
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-01-20

There are in Dundee, Scotland. eight
companies dealing in mortgages and
cattle in the Western and NorthH stern
States. In Edinburgh there are eleven,
and in Glasgow three. The land and
cattle companies in the United King
dom operating in the United States hold
in fee simple 2.016,SS acres. and BY
lease LAS. 796 acres. Their dividends
in 1885 averaged over s per cent but
fell to only a little over per cent ia
1885. The causes of this decline arc
found in the rapid growth of capital in
the United States and the gradual de-
cline in the rate of interest which has
occurred all over the world.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-01-20

A Philadelphia gentleman. after be-
ing shown about the city by citizen of
the Hub, said to his chaperone: 'Bos-
ton isn't laid out so well as Philadei-
phia.' No. replied the latter; "but
it win be when it Il dead ~ Boston
Post
Professor San born says: by means
of the straw and corn fodder annually
wasted in Missouri, 100000 mora
head Of csttlecouid be'krpt in the stst9
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-01-20

Three American horses are to be
shipped to Rosa B6nheur. One was
bred on the Sun river in the Rocky
mountains. another is a wild horse
caught on the head waters of the Mo.
orara, and the third is 4 mustang from
the Brazos river. Texas. They ara de.
signed as specimens Of horses usss} nm
itSr FRONTIER. ''S4 w
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-01-20
OfC. A. Willison.

Exchange bought and sold. Loans negotiated
Fire insurance policies issued. Life Insurance
policies procured. Ocean steamer tickets for
ale.
Remittanees made TO any point in Crest Brit
ain or Europe
collections promptly and carefully attepdedto
general banking business transacted 81
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-01-20

A few years ago woodchucks did so
much damage in La Porte County. In
diana, that a bounty Of 20 cents was
offered for each woodchuck scalp.
Since then some twenty-five thousand
scalps have been taken. aud within the
last three months the county has paid
81. 039. 20. which represents 5,196 Of the
pestA
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-01-20
The Latest About Carlo,ta.

The news from Tervueren reports q
painful scene which took place at the
chateau where the widow. of the untor-
tupate Maximilan resides The en-
tourage of the Empress Carlotta seek bv
every possible means to keep her atten-
ton engaged and her mind busy. One
of the means most frequently employed
is to have pile OF newspapers Gnder
her eyes. The other day somebody of
the household unfortunately placed in
ner work basSct q journal containing a
notice of "Juarez" drama by NJ.
Gassier. The ex-Empress took up the
Journal and glanced at it with her won't
ed indifference, but all at once her eyes
sparkled and she shrieked, "Juarezl
Juarczl Look at them together Max
milan, Juarez Bazaine. Quick Quick!
/ want to save my husband.
The COMMUNICATING and the physi-
clans to Her Majesty rushed in and
tried to calm her, but. she would not be
comforted. She wanted her trunks
packed at once to go and save her hus-
band before he would be shot The
trunks were packed and she was tod
that special train had been ordered.
The Empress wished to start at once,
but by much persuasion consented to
take a cup OF coffee before going or the
especial train 4 potion was STEALTH
" infused into the coffee by one. of the
physicians and the Empress at once
dropped to sleep. She did not wake
till the following morning, when she
had forgotten all about the affair, and
she has not talked Of her husband
since. Bru els Letter 70 Paris Figure